House of Fraser will ask its home and fashion suppliers to use a new digital tool that will help them better identify sustainability measures across their operations in a bid to reduce its environmental impact.

Retailers including Walmart, Target , Best Buy and Macy's , are making a direct appeal to President Donald Trump not to impose massive tariffs on goods imported from China, in a letter sent to the White House on Monday.

Dunnes, the Irish department store chain, has closed all its Scottish shops and its second-last remaining store in England, effectively leaving the British market amid concerns of rising costs after Brexit.